MWA Podcast Episode #77 - C.C. Boyce

What’s in the shop?

Dyami

• The Bathroom Box is Done

• The Window Seat has Begun
• The Desk Closure is underway

Tom

• Met with Marc

• Saw the swim ribbon rack he made in use
• No work on the front coffee table yet

C.C.

• Getting ready for NY Now 8-15, 8-18
• In the handmade section
• will premiere a line of tables in Walnut and Ash
• Making hard walls for the booth

Goings on in the MWA

• Woodworking in America
• September 25-27
• Kansas City

Main topic

• C.C. Boyce
• http://few-bits.com/
• https://www.etsy.com/people/ccboyce
• https://www.youtube.com/user/WouldYouWoodwork/videos
• https://vimeo.com/ccboyce
• November 2014 Workshop Tour in Apartment Therapy (old shop)
• http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/few-bits-by-cc-boyce-workspace-tour-212852
• Moved shop at the beginning of this month
• Has moved into the building with Off the Saw
• Has split the space and subleased
• Projects
• Known for Lamps, Planters & “Smalls”. Describe the style you use and how you make them
• Loves the late ‘60s early ‘70s design
• How will it be used? Who will use it?
• Little-Bits is becoming Boyce Studios?
• Moving to bigger pieces
• Furniture and other Bigger Pieces.
• Have you made furniture and bigger pieces all along?
• As commissions and for home
• Do I have it right that you’re going to begin to market the furniture and bigger pieces with the existing lamps, planters and smalls?
• Yes. There are tables a’coming!
• Move to the new shop

• 5 Questions
• How did you get into woodworking?
• C.C.’s Dad is a woodworker with a basement workshop
• What’s your favorite tool?
• Festool Router (the small one)
• Who, in woodworking, has influenced you the most?
• Dad and Jack Self at El Camino
• What was your biggest stumbling block?
• Doing the wrong thing, making the wrong choice, in her business. Wasted time doing markets and craft shows.
• How has the internet influenced your work?
• So much. So many amazing artists out there. So much inspiration. So much motivation.

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